diff --git a/src/api/s3/delete.rs b/src/api/s3/delete.rs
index 0ef1bf33..5370a1e8 100644
--- a/src/api/s3/delete.rs
+++ b/src/api/s3/delete.rs
@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ fn parse_delete_objects_xml(xml: &roxmltree::Document) -> Option<DeleteRequest>
 	}
 
 	for item in delete.children() {
+		// Only parse <Part> nodes
+		if !item.is_element() {
+			// text nodes are allowed only if they contain whitespace characters only
+			if !item.text()?.trim().is_empty() {
+				return None;
+			}
+		}
+
 		if item.has_tag_name("Object") {
 			let key = item.children().find(|e| e.has_tag_name("Key"))?;
 			let key_str = key.text()?;